THE HALF-HOLIDAY.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 28 March 1913, Page 5

THE HALF-HOLIDAY.

(To the Editor.) Poor old "I 1 enceir." His case is truly a bad one. I Lave known fencers—many of them—and I have always looked upon them as men possessing sound common sense. Knowing this, I, am. afraid that the who signs himself "Fencer" i.s not, never wa<s, and never Anil he, a fencer 5 although he fences with the question. What doe s he want to say. anyhow? What a,re hi.s arguments? Why, he hasn't got any. Just listen to ihim:— "They refer us to Australia, where it has been m force only a short time, and wax eloquent over the benefits derived there. All over the Commonwealth tickets are issued at a reduced rate by the Railway Department available from Friday night to Monday night. When the concession is granted by our Railway Department lit will be time enough to agitate." Now, what on earth has a. concession from the Railway Department got to do with the haif-holiday ? A great many of tlie workers—! might say the majority—do not want to be "on the mountain side, inhaling pure air and enjoying the healthgiving, balmy breeze." You see, "Fencer" might be there, a.nd' then' there would be too much of the "balmy" element altogether. As for the statement about husba.nds cutting wood and gardening 011 the half-holi-day, well, hats off to them. They can rest on Sunday when their wives have to work, and perhaps even "Fencer" may have heard the old saying, "a change is as good a s a rest." After the confinement of a stuffy office or shop, a little gardening or wood-chopping might be a pleasure. Wheoi "Mr. Fencer" gets 011 to the courting business he appears to ,be out of Ihiis latitude. He should stick to the "balmy" element, 1n which lie lives, and leave the. halfkoliday question severely alone.—| fun, etc., TALK SENSE, '•